Gruppo API

Italiana Petroli S.p.A.
FormerlyAnonima Petroli Italiana S.p.A. (1933-2019)
Company typePrivate
IndustryEnergy
Petroleum
Founded1933 (1933)
FounderFerdinando Peretti
Headquarters,
Italy
Number of locations
4,525
Key people
Ugo Brachetti Peretti (Chairman)
ProductsPetroleum
Petrochemicals
BrandsIP Gruppo API
Revenue€6.8 billion (2018)
€63 million (2018)
OwnerSOCAR (100%)
Number of employees
1500 (2018)
ParentSOCAR
Subsidiaries
  • API Ancona Refinery (100%)
  • IPlanet (50%)
Websitewww.gruppoapi.com

Italiana Petroli S.p.A. (until 2019 Anonima Petroli Italiana S.p.A.), also known by the acronym API or Gruppo API, is an Italian petroleum and energy company headquartered in Rome. It is active in the fuel and mobility services sector through the IP Gruppo API brand.

Until 2025 it was a subsidiary of API Holding, 100% owned by the Brachetti Peretti family. Today it is owned by the Azerbaijani petroleum company SOCAR. The chairman of API is Ugo Brachetti Peretti and the CEO is Alberto Chiarini.

In 2018 the company totaled €6.8 billion in turnover and €63.1 million in operating profit.